I know Chris has had this problem before so hopefully others will chime in also.
In my 450 that's been setup for about 6 months.
It's got a monster skimmer that rocks. 2 fish a foxface and a copperband in it and about 25 SPS colonies and frags.
I run carbon and phosban 24/7 and after the cycle have never had a trace of nitrates or phosphates.
I have about 80 astreas, 1 dozen turbos, ad 50 or so ceriths. I have never really had an algea issues at all! There is enough turf for the snails and that's about it. I have to scrape the glass about once a week but that is to keep the corraline from growing more then anything.
The problem is my water is actually to sterile I think. The acros are becoming quite light. They are still healthy but the tricolors are very very light at the base and still light purple at the tips but it's just that they look very odd and lose their nice base colors.
I feed a small amount of oyster eggs and cyclopeeze and golden pearls about once a week.
Several possibilities:
Stop phosban
Only run skimmer a couple hours a day
Feed the corals lots more
Feed the fish like crazy
Start dosing amino acids
Start doing nitrate
Do nothing as the problem will take care of itself as I add more fish!
What do you think?
In my 450 that's been setup for about 6 months.
It's got a monster skimmer that rocks. 2 fish a foxface and a copperband in it and about 25 SPS colonies and frags.
I run carbon and phosban 24/7 and after the cycle have never had a trace of nitrates or phosphates.
I have about 80 astreas, 1 dozen turbos, ad 50 or so ceriths. I have never really had an algea issues at all! There is enough turf for the snails and that's about it. I have to scrape the glass about once a week but that is to keep the corraline from growing more then anything.
The problem is my water is actually to sterile I think. The acros are becoming quite light. They are still healthy but the tricolors are very very light at the base and still light purple at the tips but it's just that they look very odd and lose their nice base colors.
I feed a small amount of oyster eggs and cyclopeeze and golden pearls about once a week.
Several possibilities:
Stop phosban
Only run skimmer a couple hours a day
Feed the corals lots more
Feed the fish like crazy
Start dosing amino acids
Start doing nitrate
Do nothing as the problem will take care of itself as I add more fish!
What do you think?